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Originally Posted by freakfunk
how can it not be as good, its a guarenteed 8MEG - ntl varies dpeending on whether its busy - it also only uploads at 384kps??????? thast pish man
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talking rubbish I am afraid.
1 - even in the best conditions BTs adsl is only 7.15mbit, as the rest goes in ATM overheads.
2 - It has contention like any other consumer broadband.
3 - It also has BRAS rate limiting which kicks in when synch speeds move up and down. (example, bad weather line synchs at 4meg temporarily then goes back to 8meg, this will mean 3.5mbit speeds for 3 days)
4 - the biggest and baddest of them all, line quality, only 25% of phone lines according to bt retail themselves will get a max 8meg synch the rest are too poor/long and will give lower speeds.
5 - bt broadbands unlimited tier is shaped.
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Originally Posted by freakfunk
Im not having a BT are morally better than ntl lol, who cares who paid for what, the point is BT have offered me 8meg for £10 a month for a year before going to 14.99. at the moment im paying £35 for dodgy 10meg cable????? I mean if you can't see the attraction of that,? NTL was always traditionally cheaper, but whats happeneing?
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Also i think everyone knows ADSL doesn't vary the speed the same as cable, as the amount of users on the network doesnt vary the speed? Are you aware of that? Thast what im getting at, either way its 8meg for 1/3 of the price
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yeah BT are playing the game of offering high speed for pennies which I disagree with.
What do you get for your £10? is it unlimited like cable?
Bt have adopted a one speed fits all strategy so its possible to pay a very low price for a 8mbit service but the consequence is adsl is no longer friendly to heavy users the same as cable and is becoming a light user only service for many isps. This is also why I feel shaping is very common on adsl much worse then the recent 5mbit at peak seen on cable, at least the higher speed users on cable pay more which is a much more realistic policy.